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Mac laptops score 3 out of 4 at NASA
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Excellent hardware/software = excellent mission
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I was at some NASA HQ in Washington D.C once and I saw rooms full of Macs but not one winblows machine.
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In case anyone is wondering what I was talking about that link *used* to point to a page showing some people at JPL with laptops on desks and 4 of the 5 where Mac's.
It now shows some pictures of Mars.
Michael
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The page still does, go down a little bit to "Features".
I saw some footage on CNN showing the other tables at JPL and they didn't look good for Macs...saw a bunch of LCD's that weren't Apple. Could be they have G4/G5's down there with non-Apple LCD's..
Originally posted by mmurray:
In case anyone is wondering what I was talking about that link *used* to point to a page showing some people at JPL with laptops on desks and 4 of the 5 where Mac's.
It now shows some pictures of Mars.
Michael
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Originally posted by Phat Bastard:
I saw some footage on CNN showing the other tables at JPL and they didn't look good for Macs...saw a bunch of LCD's that weren't Apple. Could be they have G4/G5's down there with non-Apple LCD's..
No, those are all Sun workstations.
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One of the guys at NASA actually still uses his MessagePad 2100 at work everyday. Course, it's not connected to anything mission critical.
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Just watching the live feed on NASA TV you can see lots of Powerbooks and quite a few Apple displays (I think).
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OT--Anyone watch the landing? How did they get those update tones so rapidly? It seemed like they only took 10-20 seconds from the actual events, but I thought mars was about 5 light minutes away.
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Yeah, I've noticed quite a few Mac laptops watching NASA TV. Already spotted four powerbooks (one or two 17", I believe) and one graphite clamshell iBook. Hmmph. Damn Mac nerds.
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Originally posted by kman42:
OT--Anyone watch the landing? How did they get those update tones so rapidly? It seemed like they only took 10-20 seconds from the actual events, but I thought mars was about 5 light minutes away.
kman
At the moment (the closest it's been in about 60 thousand years, hence all the missions to Mars) it's only about 56 million km away. Saying that - thats still about 3 light minutes away... hmm...
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It was faked just like the moon landings. There is a soundstage in N. Hollywood with a bunch of red dirt.
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Originally posted by Black Book:
At the moment (the closest it's been in about 60 thousand years, hence all the missions to Mars) it's only about 56 million km away. Saying that - thats still about 3 light minutes away... hmm...
I didn't watch it myself but maybe they were sending out commands asynchronously?
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I watched the PBS show NOVA last evening "Mars: Dead or Alive." Proudly I saw some PowerBooks being used.
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"Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never - in nothing, great or small, large or petty - never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense." Winston Churchill
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yup, great program last night.
and, don't forget to tune in for tuesday's episode...first full color images will be aired.
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Yes, I am planning to watch also. Until they announced it last night I thought that the program on Tuesday was just a rerun. It should be awesome to see some of the live updates. 
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"Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never - in nothing, great or small, large or petty - never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense." Winston Churchill
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yup, as far as i know, the show will contain live updates. looking right now at pbs.org to find out more. but they said it, and you confirmed what i heard. so, it must be true!
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k, here is the deal. rebroadcast of the show from sunday night, but with added updates (live?). i'll watch anyway.
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